Social media users circulated one of the last videos published by the murdered Sheikh Ahmed Shuaib Al-Rifai before his assassination, as he criticized corruption in Lebanon, which proves that the assassination was political and not due to personal or family disputes, as promoted by some media outlets close to the militia.
Sheikh Al-Rifai appeared in the video satirically criticizing the Lebanese security services, which have come under the influence of the Hezbollah militia, praising them for their efforts to arrest a criminal who had previously threatened his brother with the district of Akkar in northern Lebanon.
Al-Rifai said in the video: “We said that the person who assaulted my brother was staying up late with the security forces, but they left the perpetrator and went to arrest my brother, who is seeking his livelihood.”
And he added sarcastically: “May God bless you for this sedition, and God willing, your fate will be hell.
On the rampant corruption in the Lebanese state apparatus, Al-Rifai added: “Oh, shame on this country, which we left to travel and returned to, as sands that we build to become like the world.”
He said: “A country from its beginning to the end, everything in it is a corrupt authority, and his right is two francs in any department and in any center, from the smallest element in the smallest police station from Akkar to the Bekaa to the largest prime minister, all of them are liars and corrupt, and there is no one who works with conscience and pride in his movement.”
A body buried 5 days following his disappearance
Yesterday, Sunday, the Lebanese security services found the body of Sheikh Ahmed Shoaib Al-Rifai buried in an area close to his village in the Akkar district in northern Lebanon, 5 days following his disappearance.
And Lebanese media reported that the Information Division, in cooperation with the Lebanese army, found Sheikh Al-Rifai killed by gunshots, as his body was buried in the Oyoun Al-Samak area near the village of Al-Qarqaf, from which he hails.
According to the Lebanese newspaper “An-Nahar”, the body of Sheikh Al-Rifai was buried at a depth of 3 meters under a pile of dirt in an area located above the eyes of the fish, noting that the security forces withdrew the body of Sheikh Al-Rifai at dawn on Sunday following bringing in a bulldozer to help dig, and ambulance teams worked Transfer her to the government hospital.
Find the sheikh’s body #Ahmed _ Al-Rifai Buried at a depth of 3 meters near Nahr Al-Bared.. Criminal ideology and craftsmanship are the creation of the Iranian party, which is expanding the spread of the “brigades”, as it was found that the killer and a number of kidnappers used them to attack and abuse power without accountability.
???? The criminal is not only the one who executes, but the one who initiates the crime pic.twitter.com/UQBYhOu913– Tony Bouloss (@TonyBouloss) February 26, 2023
Arresting those involved in the crime
The Lebanese Internal Security Forces said in a statement that, following unknown persons kidnapped Sheikh Ahmed al-Rifai in the city of Tripoli, and took him with his car to an unknown destination, directions were given to the Information Division of the Internal Security Forces to carry out immediate investigations with the aim of clarifying the circumstances of the accident and arresting the perpetrators.
She added, “As a result of the field and technical follow-up, the Information Division was able, during the past 48 hours, to find the kidnapped person’s car, confiscate one of the cars used in the kidnapping, identify the kidnappers, and arrest 4 people, three of whom are relatives of the kidnapped person.”
The Information Division arrested the kidnappers of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai, who confessed to killing him, and work is underway to locate his body.#Security Forces #Security _ is _ honesty
– Internal Security Forces (@LebISF) February 25, 2023
The competent authorities arrested those involved in the crime by tracking the movement of communications and the movement of Sheikh Al-Rifai’s phone, according to media reports, as they raided the home of the mayor, Sheikh Yahya Al-Rifai, and arrested him, in addition to his son Muhammad and his nephew Abdul Karim Muhammad Al-Rifai, and the latter is a member of the strike force of the Internal Security Agency, which he denied. that.
The killers are a group backed by the Hezbollah militia
After the body was found, the “Islamic World News” account said on Twitter, in a tweet: “The mouthpieces of Khamenei’s party in Lebanon say that the cousin of Sheikh Ahmed Shuaib al-Rifai is the killer, but they concealed that his cousin is affiliated with the so-called Resistance Brigades, which is A militia founded by Iran and completely subordinate to the party in financing and arming, and previously the party released the criminal following he burned the sheikh’s car and tried to kill him!
The family of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai had lost contact with him last week, amid speculation that he would be kidnapped by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, following he attacked it with the Assad regime and its militias in the Friday sermon before his disappearance, in the Ahmed Al-Rifai Grand Mosque in the town of Al-Qarqif.
Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai
And Sheikh Ahmed Al-Rifai, a Lebanese from the town of Al-Qarqaf in Akkar, Lebanon. He is the imam and preacher of the Ahmed Al-Rifai Grand Mosque in Al-Qarqaf, and is known for his strong hostility to Iran, Hezbollah, and the Assad regime. He shares his political views on this issue on social media platforms, especially his Facebook page, in addition to religious councils.
The Sheikh launched a scathing attack on Iran, Hezbollah and the Assad regime in his last sermon, indicating that they impose their hegemony over the Lebanese state and its government, describing it as a mere subordinate.
